2008 Armenian Cup

Armenian Cup 2008 Armenia 14 Ararat Banants UEFA Europa League Banants 25 80 2007 2009 The 2008 Armenian Cup was the 17th edition of the Armenian Cup, a football competition. In 2008, the tournament had 14 participants, out of which 6 were reserve teams. Summary Banants and Ararat got a pass on the 1st round because these two clubs reached the final the previous year. The first round passed without any surprises, as the reserve teams were expected to be knocked out. The quarter finals, however, turned out to be very interesting. Two of the matches had to be decided on penalties. Gandzasar put up quite a fight against defending Armenian Premier League champions Pyunik, and even managed to outplay the champions in various aspects of the game. Shirak also demonstrated a fighting spirit and managed to defeat defending cup holders Banants away, after losing the first leg at home. Luck turned Banants' way as the match was won only on penalties. The semifinals also turned out to be interesting as Banants and Ararat defeated Mika and Pyunik respectively with an aggregate score of 5–1. The final was a repeat of last year's final and this time it was Ararat that edged out on top as Marcos Pizzeli managed to sneak a late extra-time winner for the five-time Armenian Independence Cup winners. The victory gave Ararat an opportunity to participate in the 2008–09 UEFA Cup, First qualifying round. Results First round The first legs were played on 21 March 2008. The second legs were played on 28 March 2008. Banants-2 2–6 Ulisses 1–4 1–2 Pyunik 15–2 Patani 11–2 4–0 Gandzasar 8–0 Pyunik-2 3–0 5–0 Kilikia 5–2 Mika-2 2–0 3–2 Mika 11–0 Ararat-2 7–0 4–0 Shengavit 2–3 Shirak 1–3 1–0 |} Quarter-finals The first legs were played on 3 April 2008. The second legs were played on 10 April 2008. Ararat Yerevan 2–1 Ulisses 0–1 2–0 Pyunik 0–0 (4–1 p) Gandzasar 0–0 0–0 Kilikia 1–3 Mika 0–1 1–2 Shirak 1–1 (5–6 p) Banants 0–1 1–0 |} Semi-finals The first legs were played on 14 April 2008. The second legs were played on 23 April 2008. Ararat Yerevan 5–1 Pyunik 2–1 3–0 Mika 1–5 Banants 1–3 0–2 |} Final 9 May 2008 17:00 (WAST) Ararat Yerevan 2 – 1 yes Banants V. Minasyan 75 Pizzelli 115 Ganchev 36 Arnar Stadium, Ijevan 2,500 Ararat Chagharian (Yerevan) FC ARARAT YEREVAN: GK 1 ARM Nikolay Sargsyan DF 20ARM Vahe Mehrabyan 4 60 DF 19ARM Vahagn Minasyan DF 5 ARM Hrayr Mkoyan MF 18ARM Artur Petrosyan 116 MF 7 ARM Artur Minasyan (c) 101MF 3 BRA Renato de Morais 45+1 MF 6ARM Karen Navoyan MF 15 ARM Marcos Pizzeli FW 9 ARM Sergey Erzrumyan 78 95 FW 2ARM Sargis MovsisyanSubstitutes:GK 16MEX Sergio Ramírez DF 14ARM Vachagan Karapetyan DF 8ARM Andranik Tadeosyan 95DF 12BRA Emilio Palucci 116DF 17ARM Artak Grigoryan FW 21 ARM Edgar Safaryan 60FW 11ARM Gevorg Nranyan Manager:ARM Varuzhan SukiasyanFC BANANTS: GK 1MDA Yevgeni Matyugin 89DF 10ARM Yegishe Melikyan (c) DF 15 UKR Andriy Cherevko 119DF 6 UKR Andriy Burdian DF 3ARM Gagik Daghbashyan 77MF 5ARM Romik Khachatryan 46MF 13 UGA Noah Kasule 73MF 25ARM Karen Aleksanyan 2 4 119 MF 8 BUL Marko Ganchev 3FW 19BUL Plamen KrumovFW 17 BUL Semion Zlatev 72Substitutes:GK 22ARM Stepan Ghazaryan DF 20ARM Hovhannes Grigoryan 46MF 4ARM Aghvan Hayrapetyan 118 77MF 7ARM Romeo Jenebyan MF 9ARM Aram Bareghamyan MF 23ARM Eduard Kakosyan FW 11ARM Arsen Balabekyan 72 Manager:BUL Nedelcho Matushev MATCH RULES 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shootout if scores still level. Seven named substitutes Maximum of 3 substitutions. See also 2008 Armenian Premier League 2008 Armenian First League External links Official site Armenia Cup 2008 at Soccerway.com Armenia Cup 2008 at rsssf.com Category:Armenian Cup seasons Armenia Armenian Cup, 2008